The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27


slip. sent the engineer % his post. anl
then waited
At ab ~ hatlf-pa-5 one while the tid
had vet half an hour 10 run We saw th
shore boats make ready 10 come of
They knew that the cook had drugged q
poisoned ogI coffee therefor. sent q boa
in advance Of the fleet TO see In wha
shape we were. The boat came up verr
softly and rowed twice around AS bef0r
tine eaptain hailed and iet them know ",
were wide awake. some sort Of sigma
WIS given from The boat, and the hgh
opened 1t once. Just the m0ment VI,
SAW the people ON The junk getting ready
- drift her down upon Is We give then
the grape from the six-pounder The,
were Not a pistol shot away. with .a0s
ct the men crowded. ait- and ] verify be-
lieye thai the one discharge killed Cd
wounded twenty men. | Was 5t the gun
with two others, and q man with a car
biue was near Us. He tired SIX OF sever
shots while we we're reloadiHg, and hires
OF four masket shots were fr,4 a; Us
lur second shot ir0ye all who we're left
alive below hatehes and as We believed
that tae oarbineer could keep them there
we ran the gun % the starhoard side TO
beat oE the boats. It vas high time
While the first discfdrge Of ,he gun had
done for q score al them, -Lay were a
reckless and desperate lot and would uor
retreat. They were provided e it'll bombs,
spears. blow guns. and muskets. and the
man who va, 20 sprinkle them win ho5
water had been shot dead at their first
fire ASS soon as We got our gun over,
some one picked up the nozzle of the
hose pipe and turned Il loose ON every
boat within reach. Burbr hot water the
fellows might have carried Us 3y board
ing. for 200 TO 10 is big odds.
such streaming and shouting and
7arieliug as they inlu!ged in when the
boiling water spa5tered over their halt
naked boiies was pandemouiau Of IL
zelf. auI al the amt Fe kept playing ga
them with she guns and c.nbne-. The
6Zat couIi not have lasted over seven or
eight minutes. and a. soon a. they began
To draw of ran my gun 20 the port side.
loaded with shell, and sent tie missile
right through the iunk's stern Half a
dozen fellows rushed ont Of the hold and
jumped overheard, and I gave her two
more When tine third was hred there
was au explosion, probably Of "a barrel of
powder. which ltted her decks thirty
leet high ami spli, her wide open she
-ank right there bsfoce our eyes. and the
walls Of the wounded wretcne> Who float
sd about for a minute or two were dread
lI. 90 hear.
Captain Tabor ieit thar such uearhery
a. the natives bad shown deserved the
-eysr1st punishment ami ueturned both
guns loose On The yilia-e aad fred forty
ar dffy shells When dl- t came not
a human being vas ia Furuousof
the junk uad been lri.r cd the beach
lud the natives h5i g.. and lrf every
thing behind them. The sharks were
probably atyrr-ed to the -pot by the
sounds of firing. and rhey. certainly h.ii a
rich feast never saw them 80 rhiek be-
fore nor since. and As they hshee up the
bodies from the bottom around IL three
lr f1nr would seize ami tug at a single
one and quickly tear II ~ pieces was
sent ashore with Il faz of truee. with four
armed men TO make ii respected, and on
the sands I found the body Of one Of our
iremeu. and not far Of that Of our cook.
After some hard WORK ] induced the
leasi man 70 come ia outof the forest and
-alk with me. HIS name was Wung-
HAM. and q more humble man I never
met He laid IL all to lAe people On the
unk- The natives Of our egeU had con-
.pirei witu fellows aJ ke-LunE t1 -ecure
1.l,-uge aboard and oyerpowerus. When
.hi@ game c8uld not q. worked. owing to
.9.4 refusal Of rb,, sstpftir ID, take -1..1
thew followed on after uzin the f1rk .ui
.oun.l a cheerful ra-aDerat5r fu al.! Wrn.-
Hang tin. trader H. denied tsssac1rr
bart in the affHr person rIr ani added
.ha- h.. did mis- hest n, l--,ild. his n,.o-
Ole from r1aking thearr.ek Ills loss 5e-
.or-jfB.r 70 h-. own tirur.- WAS -fx-v-o5,i
killed Will. almost ay.rv1Be e,-. vt.
.yo1nd.d a- -,alla,f Five mem rn-
i.rar- fr5,, t,4 iun- which had ras~l-